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CONC has been blessed with the opportunity to offer our youth a job-development program called Youth Skills Initiative, funded generously by Service Canada HRDC.

Empowering youth through meaningful employment and training opportunities

Objective

To provide youth at risk between  the ages of 15-29 with employability skills and other transferable skills through hands on training and work experience.

Project Activities

Participants participate in a 20 week program which will include Life Skills

and Employability Skills training and on the job training.

Workshops

(Include, but are not limited to)

· Personality Dimensions

· Values

· Goal setting

· Time Management

· Personal Finances/Money Management

· Effective Communication

· Conflict Resolution

· Employment Search Techniques

· Resume and Cover Letter Writing

· Interview Skills

· Employer and Employee Expectations

· Workplace Health and Safety

· Personal Hygiene

· Stress Management

Employability Skills through Work Experience

The YSI Project participants will be employed full time (37.5 hours per week at minimum wage).

This includes 4 days of on the job training and one day mandatory workshops.

Participants will be given assistance to find and move on to full time employment by the end of the twenty week program.

2009 YSI Participants

2009 YSI Graduation Ceremony

2010 YSI Participants

YSI Program Coordinator and Job Developer Roy McCandlish

Mr McCandlish is responsible for coordinating workshops and training modules for the YSI participants. His dedication to the program has been instrumental in making this innovative program successful and fruitful for all involved.